by Andre147 » 24 Mar 2019 Read
Holden Chinaski wrote:Only enters half the tournaments, still gets to number one! Like a boss!
Yes truly!
The man is a freaking legend, we are priviliged to watch him play!
WN1 and now a record tying 36 ranking titles!
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by Erza Scarlet » 24 Mar 2019 Read
Looking at the stats he played okay tbh, scored ten 50+ breaks and his long potting was fine as he was mostly always first in the frames and still it felt he could do better lol
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by Andre147 » 24 Mar 2019 Read
eraserhead wrote:mantorok wrote:I don't think Ronnie really believed Neil would take his chances and beat him and he seemed to take his foot off the gas a bit and do just enough to win.
Strange match in the end.
The match against Judd felt bigger and was higher quality.
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Yeah that match was one of the very best I've seen.
It felt like a bigger affair. Both weren't at their best today like Neil mentioned, but towards the end ROS was fired up and showing grit to win.
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by TheRocket » 24 Mar 2019 Read
Erza Scarlet wrote:Looking at the stats he played okay tbh, scored ten 50+ breaks and his long potting was fine as he was mostly always first in the frames.
The man is that good. Even when you think he plays poorly he scores like a machine. When Selby or Higgins have a bad day they struggle to make a 60 break.
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by Holden Chinaski » 24 Mar 2019 Read
DECLINE!
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by Andre147 » 24 Mar 2019 Read
Bodes well for Sheffield.
Still think he needs to work out a thing or two in these 3 session matches... at The Crucible he cant afford to have more than one bad session.
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by Erza Scarlet » 24 Mar 2019 Read
TheRocket wrote:The man is that good. Even when you think he plays poorly he scores like a machine. When Selby or Higgins have a bad day they struggle to make a 60 break.
Yeah I'm surprised that's what the stats show. The match felt like he made 6 or 7 breaks but his scoring is there. Strange match.
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by mantorok » 24 Mar 2019 Read
Andre147 wrote:Very happy for ROS:D
Where's Hendry-fan when you need him?
Where is vodkadiet to remind us that only world titles count?
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by TheRocket » 24 Mar 2019 Read
Andre147 wrote:Very happy for ROS:D
Where's Hendry-fan when you need him?
He was one second away from making one of his legendary comments. But Judd missed that yellow.
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by Andre147 » 24 Mar 2019 Read
mantorok wrote:Andre147 wrote:Very happy for ROS:D
Where's Hendry-fan when you need him?
Where is vodkadiet to remind us that only world titles count?
If that was the case then the season would consist of World Champs only. Back to the good old Joe Davis era!!!
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by Snooker Overdrive » 24 Mar 2019 Read
TheRocket wrote:I respect Robertson but I think Ronnie is too strong for him over these longer matches. Lets be honest Ronnie not close to his best and yet he was first in in like 95% of the frames. If there's a reason this match has been this close its because of some poor misses from ROS while he was in.
Trump is the only player atm who can probably match Ronnie. Higgins and Selby are the others but probably not with their current form.
I agree. Ronnie made life difficult for himself today. Robbo is a superb player but for some reason he can't push Ronnie like he does the Higgins or Selby for example. He's struggling to get his A-game to the table.
Trump however comes into his element playing Ronnie and really can get under Ronnie's skin with his insane potting and will to win.
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by Andre147 » 24 Mar 2019 Read
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by Cloud Strife » 24 Mar 2019 Read
mantorok wrote:Andre147 wrote:Very happy for ROS:D
Where's Hendry-fan when you need him?
Where is vodkadiet to remind us that only world titles count?
Probably twiddling off to that little bit of attention you just gave him now.
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by D4P » 24 Mar 2019 Read
Andre147 wrote:enters half the tournaments then the rest, but snatches WN1 spot from the man who has held it for 5 years!
Amazing achievement, when you consider that Ronnie skips the lucrative Chinese ranking events whereas Selby dominates them...
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by Snooker Overdrive » 24 Mar 2019 Read
TheRocket wrote:Andre147 wrote:Very happy for ROS:D
Where's Hendry-fan when you need him?
He was one second away from making one of his legendary comments. But Judd missed that yellow.
He had to delete an entire hour's work right there on the spot
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by Andre147 » 24 Mar 2019 Read
Cloud Strife wrote:mantorok wrote:Andre147 wrote:Very happy for ROS:D
Where's Hendry-fan when you need him?
Where is vodkadiet to remind us that only world titles count?
Probably twiddling off to that little bit of attention you just have him now.
You're right.... ignoring is the best option.
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by Erza Scarlet » 24 Mar 2019 Read
Let's see:
Without winning the Crucible which offers an insane amount of money close to 500k compared to any other tournament
Without playing any of the Chinese ranking tournaments which offer minimum 150k this year
Without getting free points in different stages (like QF, SF) of other ranking tournaments he didn't enter
Shanghai Masters turning into a non-ranking tournament which offers a whooping 200k that doesn't count.
That's an incredible effort!
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by Cloud Strife » 24 Mar 2019 Read
Well played, Ronnie. Yet more history created.
Even a mere 18 months back I don't think many would have given Ronnie much chance of beating Hendry's tally of ranking titles. It was always one of those records that seemed beyond anyone's reach.
An amazing achievement.
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by Holden Chinaski » 24 Mar 2019 Read
Snooker Overdrive wrote:TheRocket wrote:Andre147 wrote:Very happy for ROS:D
Where's Hendry-fan when you need him?
He was one second away from making one of his legendary comments. But Judd missed that yellow.
He had to delete an entire hour's work right there on the spot
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by Snooker Overdrive » 24 Mar 2019 Read
Since 2017 Ronnie O'Sullivan has won more ranking titles than Shaun Murphy in his entire career.
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by Ck147 » 24 Mar 2019 Read
Snooker Overdrive wrote:TheRocket wrote:I respect Robertson but I think Ronnie is too strong for him over these longer matches. Lets be honest Ronnie not close to his best and yet he was first in in like 95% of the frames. If there's a reason this match has been this close its because of some poor misses from ROS while he was in.
Trump is the only player atm who can probably match Ronnie. Higgins and Selby are the others but probably not with their current form.
I agree. Ronnie made life difficult for himself today. Robbo is a superb player but for some reason he can't push Ronnie like he does the Higgins or Selby for example. He's struggling to get his A-game to the table.
Trump however comes into his element playing Ronnie and really can get under Ronnie's skin with his insane potting and will to win.
Yep, earlier today they played the shots of the tournemant and Trump was up for more than half, amazing shots, but he never got picked, top 3 went to Robbo (2) and Ronnie (1) according to the experts. I particularly liked Trumps swervy shot, thought that was great.
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by Holden Chinaski » 24 Mar 2019 Read
Snooker Overdrive wrote:Since 2017 Ronnie O'Sullivan has won more ranking titles than Shaun Murphy in his entire career.
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by Ck147 » 24 Mar 2019 Read
Snooker Overdrive wrote:Since 2017 Ronnie O'Sullivan has won more ranking titles than Shaun Murphy in his entire career.
Who's Shaun Murphy?
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by Alex0paul » 24 Mar 2019 Read
Snooker Overdrive wrote:Since 2017 Ronnie O'Sullivan has won more ranking titles than Shaun Murphy in his entire career.
He’s been fortunate with draws avoiding Slessor and Holt
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by Andre147 » 24 Mar 2019 Read
Alex0paul wrote:Snooker Overdrive wrote:Since 2017 Ronnie O'Sullivan has won more ranking titles than Shaun Murphy in his entire career.
He’s been fortunate with draws avoiding Slessor and Holt
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by HustleKing » 24 Mar 2019 Read
Great stuff again from Ronnie, it's now just a matter of whether he can see through 30+ frame matches with this current form and then he'll be almost unstoppable at the WC. Glad to see Neil hung in there too and made a fight of it, but he made a worrying amount of sloppy mistakes with relatively easy pots. Would love to see this rematch again in Sheffield
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by Alex0paul » 24 Mar 2019 Read
Let’s just hope all the big guns are firing in Sheffield
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